Rainbow Bridge and General River Scenes

File — Box: 1, Folder: 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

41: Petroglyphs
42: Hole in the Rock from the plateau above
43: On the river
44: Natural amphitheater where LDS church services were held.
45: Robert Murdock next to Spanish bayonet (yucca) plant on flat inside bend of the river. Guide said it was an area where earlier Native Americans made arrowheads. Ray Bramble found an arrowhead the day the picture was taken.
46: Trail to Rainbow Bridge
47-48: Rafters lowering themselves down 25-foot cliff to the base of Rainbow Bridge.
49: Norman Bramble, age 13
50: Dale Bramble, age 14
51: Max Malin, twin of Lee Malin, lowering himself
52: Climbers
53: View from top of Rainbow Bridge, back toward Colorado River, facing Navajo Mountain.
54: View from Rainbow Bridge
55: Climbers
56: View of bridge from mountain that had to be climbed to reach cliff above Rainbow Bridge.
57: View of Rainbow Bridge
58-59: Relaxing
60: Sunset
61: Scenic view from the river
62: Sunset
63: On the river
64-67: Cleaning, deflating, and packing boats in talcum powder (for preservation of rubber)
68: View toward Colorado River
69: Walking across Navajo Bridge (near Lee=s Ferry) over Colorado River and Kanab, Utah
70: Resting in Kanab prior to return to Salt Lake City. Elwood Bramble, age 44, father of Glen, Ray, Norman, Dale Bramble. Norman, age 13, was only allowed to take trip because father was there.
71: River guides, brothers Merlin and Ferry Shaw of Salt Lake City.
72: Boarding stake-bed truck to return to Salt Lake City on top of all the trip gear.
73: Glen Bramble to the right of Norman Bramble.

Dates

1954

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